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Some examples would be enriched openings, organizations, and ennoblement of their families for positives. This paper evaluates proof from data on Excel charts showing how poverty affects our children here in Texas. Here in the United States and in third world countries it is imperative we take action. Child poverty is one area how do we even begin to comprehend or understand? The federal poverty data contains of a chain of edges based on family size and arrangement. In 2013, a family of two adults and two children fell in the “poverty’ category.
This dealt with their an annual income fall ling below 23,624 and in our past history poverty was much lower than this. According to the data poverty is not determined specifically for people in military barracks, institutional quarters, or for unrelated individuals under age 15 years old. This would include foster children or the homes they reside in. The data reports are based on income received in the 12 months prior to the survey that was taken for the households. With using the information provided by CDC I used the information provided by the Fact Finder II U. S. Census-gob website as my second resource.
Through this website it shows he races for White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Alaskan Native, and American Indian. The fact table goes back five years with child statistics. The statistics on how poverty affects just Texas alone is astounding! The data for the Excel document I have uploaded with this paper are from the 2000 and 2001 Supplementary Survey, and the 2002 through 2013 American Community Survey. (United States Census Bureau, 201 5) In the 2000 through 2004 American Community Survey there were 700,000 households monthly. This took place every through the calendar year.
During these years it is important to look carefully when you try to understand the estimates in chart 1. The less populous areas show small us b-populations throughout Texas. Beginning in January 2005, the U. S. Census Bureau expanded the American Community Survey sample to 3 million households. (United States Census Bureau, 2015) Then on January, 2006 the American Community Survey included group quarters in their information. They decided to provide annually updated social, economic, and housing data for states and communities. This was very helpful for the fact I did not want to show very old data pertaining to Texas.
The data for the harts have customarily been collected once every ten years in the long form of the decennial census. (United States Census Bureau, 2015) The race and ethnic groups shown in the chart are not special. The category of white includes only Nan-Hispanic white. The categories Black or African American, American Indian, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Two or More Races include both Hispanic and non-Hispanic. I am not quite sure why they did this chart this way. Those in the Hispanic or Latino category include those identified as being in one of the non-white race groups.
The third chart on the lower oft side of the Excel document provides poverty levels for each race class. When you look at the chart it shows the Hispanic culture in Texas to undoubtedly be the highest. This is very unfortunate but due to many of them being illegal this does weigh a factor on why the information is presented the way it is. I speak from experience as I put my own family being married to my husband in this bracket. Sadly, many of them here in Texas are not legal. My husband and I will not allow them into our home as harsh as it sounds due the fact I will not mess up his immigration status.
Many spites occur in the definition of poverty. The first is whether poverty should be defined in economic terms, or as part of a broader social disadvantage. The economic definition of poverty is typically based on income measures. The poverty line is calculated as the food expenditure necessary to meet dietary recommendations for children. It is then supplemented by a small allowance for nonfood goods according to the Census Bureau. Poor means lacking not only material assets and health. This also includes capabilities for social belonging, cultural identity, respect, dignity, information, and education. United States Census Bureau, 2015) Now according to CDC they seem to have different statistics than the U. S. Census Bureau according to the research did. More than 14. 7 million children in America were poor in 201 3, with more than two-thirds in working families. (Children’s Defense Fund, 2014) An unbalanced number are Black and Latino. When it comes to development many poor children often fall behind their peers in many ways going past income. These children are usually less healthy, unstable emotionally and intellectually very under development.
They are also not keel to graduate from high school letting the knowledge they could gain go to waste. Poor children according to the research follow the trail of their parents and continue the cycle of becoming poor parents. Every year children live in poverty in the state of Texas alone and it costs millions of tax dollars in lost production. There is also an increase in health problems with this along with the crime committed from the children alone. In essence, with poverty there are many hard cold facts sitting in front of our faces we ignore.
With the extensive research I have been reading On with CDC they are homeland in the State of Texas. The programs that CDC have implemented to help beat these odds against poverty can help if we take a hand in joining CDC. One program in particular for children in poverty to earn $5000. 00 towards a college scholarship. This is for beating the poverty odds we have here in Texas. (Children’s Defense. Org 2014) When I researched the difficulties of Texas from CDC I compared it to the National average as well. There are more the six million children that are raised in households headed by grandparents or another relative.
This information was not in the charts for the U. S. Census Bureau. There is another 2. 5 million children that never see their parents. These children’s parents are struggling with drugs, emotional problems, prison, financial struggles, divorce, and domestic violence. In Texas alone there are a total of 448,439 children living in this type of situation. There are 7. 6% of the children alone in CAPS cases for the state of Texas. Another 153,381 children live with a relative in Texas 2. 6%. Out of this number according to the research 244,1 00 children never see their parents. (Children’s Defense. Rig, 2014) Now on the national numbers there are 2. Million grandparents that keep their grandchildren all the time compared to Texas. Out of this number 29% are African American, 17% are Hispanic/Latino, 2% are American Indian/Alaskan Native, 3% Asian, and 47% White. (Children’s Defense. Org, 2014) Did you read that correctly? Yes! There was 47% White children in this category nationally. (Children’s Defense. Org, 2014) According to CDC, 34% of the grandparents raise the grandchildren without a parent coming around. (Children’s Defense. Org, 2014) The biggest percentage was grandparents raising grandchildren were 71 % nationally. Children’s Defense. Rig, 2014) In Texas, there were 21% of the grandparent’s African American, 42% Hispanic/l_taint, and 1% Asian, and 35% White. (Children’s Defense. Org, 2014) Sadly, the Hispanic and Latino descents take the lead in Texas. (Children’s Defense. Org, 2014) CDC said 32% of the grandparents raise the children with no parent present. (Children’s Defense. ROR 2007) This is very different according to the national average, and the Census Bureau. According to research through CDC early intellectual development is extremely important for children in poverty levels.
Some specific examples are in areas with as eating, mathematics, language, and the skill to retain the knowledge learned. Through social and emotional development certain methods of intellectual development are specific. These apply to the different ages and developmental stages. Young children of poverty parents have a hindrance when it comes to reading, math, or language skills. Kindergarten children whose mothers are from poverty levels that do not have a high school degree are less likely to be capable at recognizing letters. One example is a basic reading skill for children in poverty situations rather than educated children.
In addition, children in poverty cannot use complex sentence structures at an intermediate or proficient level. Many of the health care services that are a concern of pediatric health care policies have strong ties to the social, emotional, and intellectual development of young children. A great example for development would be their immunization. A child’s immunization we know enormously boosts a child’s survival rate. Young children who receive their immunization have positive developmental outcomes. In poverty situations many children who lack the health requirements will lose high IQ, positivist, and health.
Developmentally they fail in this area. Parents who do not develop their children socially make them lose opportunities for them to play and socialize. By not teaching their children what behavior is appropriate during play or avoiding discipline shows that poverty children will be highly aggressive with peers. Family structure is strongly related to self-control. (Descents & Malone, 201 1) Children with parents who are alerting, emotionally there, supportive, and sensitive have been shown to have children who display greater self-control. Children in poverty levels were much less to display any self-control from the jack of development.
Aspects of the social environment such as low maternal education and family poverty are consistently associated with lower levels of literacy readiness. (Descents & Malone, 2011 ) Throughout this paper, we reviewed information from the Census Bureau and Children’s Defense Fund about poverty. Took information from the Excel charts from the websites to display information for the State of Texas vs.. National average. The statistics from Texas as I mentioned earlier are astounding! The fact that there is 47% for the Hispanic/Latino communities here throughout our State is frightening.
Children’s Defense Fund, 2014) The white community as well had a high percentage with 35% according to CDC. (Children’s Defense Fund, 2014) With the children in poverty CDC is working with the State of Texas to put an end to our poverty situation. I did not add statistics from my city here in Abilene, Texas. Do know that we have many CAPS cases here for our children. The sad fact is that these statistics are very true and continually going up. Drugs play a major part with the parents not being involved along with many of the parents being incarcerated.
Many times the children show a development socially of being lost not knowing how to participate properly. For our future generations I would say they should continue to support CDC. Children are very important as they are the next leaders for us. How we transform them as they grow up is truly up to us. They cannot make the decisions on their own intelligence at young ages. From the time they are babies we need to take the time to work with them teaching them even if they are involved in poverty situations. As community members it is important that we step out and show the parents at these levels we care about them too.
These parents fail to realize they just ultimately followed a cycle from their previous generation. However, we can all take our part and put an end to poverty if We just reach out. We have to stop using any excuse that the neighborhoods are too scary or we are too tired and will do it tomorrow.